I’ve listened to the first minute (couldn’t get beyond that) and am depressed that Ukraine feels it has to co-opt the worst ‘music’ on the planet to make its point. I refer to the rapping. What have the ghettos of NY to do with the fields of Ukraine? And to watch a man wearing a traditional peasant shirt then leap around like a rapper … Beyond deflating.
And no cries of “cultural appropriation” from the woke crowd?
Judy Englander
2 years ago
I listened to the first minute (couldn’t get beyond that) but I’m not allowed to say why without moderation. I suggest readers click on the link ‘Stefania’ in the article.
Andrew D
2 years ago
Nothing like a bit of oppression to stir patriotic sentiment. Our time is coming
Fortunately not for my generation, who are now simply exhausted by plundering the Planet on an Industrial scale for nigh on sixty years, and all too ready to “shuffle off this mortal coil”.
If HMG could offer a ‘cash incentive’ to do the ‘ decent thing’ I’m sure there would be plenty of takers.
I’m sure unherd readers could organise a whip round…
Last edited 2 years ago by Andrew D
M. M.
2 years ago
Yesterday, the Kalush Orchestra, a band from Ukraine, won the Eurovision Song Contest. The winning song is “Stefania”.
This victory is a welcome respite (for the Ukrainians) from the cruelty of the Chinese and Indians, who are helping the Kremlin to evade Western sanctions.
I’ve listened to the first minute (couldn’t get beyond that) and am depressed that Ukraine feels it has to co-opt the worst ‘music’ on the planet to make its point. I refer to the rapping. What have the ghettos of NY to do with the fields of Ukraine? And to watch a man wearing a traditional peasant shirt then leap around like a rapper … Beyond deflating.
I’m sorry I couldn’t agree less; I found the song incredible, exciting and moving all at once.
Specsavers perhaps?
Come off it! It was appalling.
Something like:- Seo Linn – Óró Sé do Bheatha Bhaile would have been far better.
Then we shall have to agree to disagree.
If they had left out all that “ rapping” nonsense, mentioned by Judy Englander (above) I might have agreed with you.
And no cries of “cultural appropriation” from the woke crowd?
I listened to the first minute (couldn’t get beyond that) but I’m not allowed to say why without moderation. I suggest readers click on the link ‘Stefania’ in the article.
Nothing like a bit of oppression to stir patriotic sentiment. Our time is coming
Fortunately not for my generation, who are now simply exhausted by plundering the Planet on an Industrial scale for nigh on sixty years, and all too ready to “shuffle off this mortal coil”.
If HMG could offer a ‘cash incentive’ to do the ‘ decent thing’ I’m sure there would be plenty of takers.
I’m sure unherd readers could organise a whip round…
Yesterday, the Kalush Orchestra, a band from Ukraine, won the Eurovision Song Contest. The winning song is “Stefania”.
This victory is a welcome respite (for the Ukrainians) from the cruelty of the Chinese and Indians, who are helping the Kremlin to evade Western sanctions.